Manuscript-holder.



No. 659,056. Patented Oct. 2, I900. J. S. DOWNIE.

MANUSCRIPT HOLDER.

(Application filed. Aug. 5, 1899.)

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NrTED STATES:

ATENT FFICE.

MANUSCRIPT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,056, dated October 2, 1900.

' Application filed August 5, 1899. serial No. 726,265. No model.

To all? whom it may concern: 7

Be it known thatI, JOHN S. DOWNIE, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Detroit,

county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improve- 'ment in Manuscript-Holders; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had ,to the accompanying drawings, which form a connection with type-writers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the copyholder in perspective. of the upper part of the copy-holder., Fig. 3 Fig. at is a view of the clip detached from the frame. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the clip.

The copy holder consists of a standard.

mounted on an adjustable base and supporting a detachable clip by which the manuscript is held and supported at the proper location on the standard.

The base A consists ofa bar 2,having pinned to each end a cross-bar, which cross-bars 2 and 2 are capable of swinging on the pins by which they are held to the bar 2. of the bars 2 and 2 are intended to be placed under the rear side of the type-writer frame. The bars 2 and 2 turn on the bar 2, so that they may be adjusted or spread to engage properly u ider any one of the several typewriters on the market. From the middle of the bar 2 rises a standard 3, and on the stand- The manuscript-holder is located when inuse immediately behind the type-writer, and when it is used with type-writers in which the paper rises on leaving the machine the arm 4. is adjusted to the proper height and swung forward to a position to engage over Fig. 2 is a back view.

The ends the. upper edge of the rising paper and the paper is guided backward by the arm 4 and turned downward and is prevented from rising to obstruct the view of the manuscript on the holder.

On the standard 3 above the paper-guide 4 is placed a manuscript or book supporting frame 5. This is a spreading'frame having two cross-bars 5 and 5' at the narrow end of the frame and at that part of it which is at thelower side when the parts are assembled. The cross-bars 5 and 5 are perforated in order that the standard 3 may engage through the perforations, and the axis of the. perforations is on an angle to the plane of the arms 5 and 5 such that the frame inclines to the rear more than the standard, the standard being preferably vertical and the holding-frame being so inclined that the top part of it is farther back than the bottom of it. At the top of the frame are a crossbar 5 and two upright grooved posts 5 and 5 The grooved posts 5 and 5 are parallel and in the grooves engage a paper or book holding clip 6. The clip 6 consists of a plate of metal 6 along the bottom edge of which is a raised or thickened part or a part made to project forward by embossing or bending it out, and on the thickened part 6 is secured a fiat curved spring 6, that lies parallel with, but spaced slightly from, the raised part 6". On the plate 6 is a button 6, arranged to close ever the end of the spring 6. The post 5 has two lugs 7 and 7, perforated for the reception of a bent wire 7". The wire 7 is bent at its upper end, and one branch of the wire is long enough to engage easily through the two lugs 7and 7. The other branch of the wire is long enough to extend downward to the bottom of a page of paper of the usual size when the paper is held with its upper edge engaged between the spring 6 and the raised part 6 of the clip. The post 5 is provided with two similar lugs 8 and 8, perforated so that a line-guide may engage through them. The line-guide 8 is a rod or wire having a branch adapted to engage vertically through the lugs 8 and 8 and having another branch 8arranged to engage across the page of manuscript. The branch 8 is connected with the branch 8 bya loop 8 and the branch 8 terminates with an eye 8 through which the line-guide holder 7" engages. The lineguide 8" is held in its vertical position by a friction-brake 9, which is a simple hook engaging around the body of the wire between the lugs 8 and 8", and the hook is held tight against the wire by a spring 9.

A sheet of manuscript is held by engaging its upper edge under the spring 6, and a sheet of paper of almost any size may be engaged under this, because the raised or embossed portion 6" projects forward to the plane or to about the plane that passes through the front side of the posts 5 and 5 and the pa? per is held in front of the posts and hangs in front of the frame and behind the branch 8 of the line-guide and behind the line-guide holder 7". Either or both the line -guide or the line-guide holder, however, may be removed, if desired.

The paper covers of the note-book commonly used by stenographers are engaged under the spring 6", with the leaves of the notebook hanging downward, and the leaves are thrown up and folded back over the plate 6 if it be desired to copy from writing or note on any after the first leaf on the note-book. It is not necessary to remove the note-book from the clip when it is desired to write in the book; but the clip and book together are removed by lifting the clip out of the grooves in the posts 5 and 5 into which the plate of the clip can be easily dropped again.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a copy-holder, in combination with a standard, a holding-frame adjustable on said standard, and provided with slotted posts for the reception of a clip, and a removable clip adapted to engage in said slotted posts, substantially as described.

2. In a manuscript-hold er, the combination of a standard, an arm 4 secured to said standard so as to be vertically adjustable thereon, means for clamping said arm in the desired position upon said standard, said arm curving upward and forward and being adapted to engage over the paper rolling out from the type-writer, and turn said paper downward, substantially as described.

3. In a manuscript-holder, in combination with a standard,a manuscript-frame mounted thereon, said frame being provided with vertical apertures upon one edge thereof, a rod 8", extending through said apertures, a fricion-brake adapted to hold said rod in the position at which it is placed, said rod being bent at its lower end, and extending across said frame, substantially as described.

4. In a manuscript-holder, in combination with a standard, a base consisting of a bar 2, and a cross-bar pivoted to each end of the bar 2, beneath the Same, so as to swing in a horizontal plane, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a manuscript-holder, in combination with a standard, a frame vertically adjustable on the standard, and provided with vertical posts, anti a holding-clip adapted to engage said vertical posts, and to be removed therefrom, substantially as described.

6. In a manuscript-holder, in combination with a frame vertically adjustable along the standard, and provided with slotted posts, a plate adapted to engage in the slots of said posts, and aspring secured to said plate and arranged to form therewith a springclip, substantially as described.

7. In a manuscript-holder, in combination with a standard, a manuscript-holding frame mounted thereon and provided with vertical apertures upon each edge of said fratne, a rod 7", extending vertically and bending backward upon itself and at the backward-extending part thereof, fitting into said apertures, upon one side of said frame, a rod 8", extending vertically through the apertures upon the other side of said frame then extending across said frame and engaging the rod 7", substantially as described.

6/ In a manuscript-holder, in combination with a standard, a manuscript-holding frame mounted thereon and provided with vertical apertures upon each edge of said frame, a rod 7", extending vertically and then bending backward upon itself and at the backwardextending part thereof fitting into said apertures upon one side of said frame, a rod 8", extending vertically through the apertures upon the other side of said frame then bending outward forming a loop 8, then extending across said frameand engaging with the rod 7", substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. DOWNIE.

Witnesses:

JoHN N GOODRICH, CHARLES F. BURTON. 

